Trachymolgus purpureus sp. n., an armored snout mite (Acari, Bdellidae) from the Ozark highlands: morphology, development, and key to Trachymolgus Berlese

• DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.125.1875
• Publication Date: 2011-08-26T15:36:42Z
• Authors: J. Fisher; Michael Skvarla; Gary Bauchan; Ron Ochoa; Ashley Dowling
• Keywords: Snout; Morphology; Micrography

Trachymolgus purpureus Fisher & Dowling sp. n. is described from the Ozark highlands of North America. A diversity imaging techniques are used to illustrate species including low-temperature scanning electron microscopy (LT-SEM), stereomicrography, compound light micrography, and digitally created line drawings. Developmental stages (larva, nymphs, adult) morphology illustrated discussed, terminological corrections suggested. recki Gomelauri, 1961 regarded as being tritonymphs. key presented.